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Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook, known as Rav Kook, was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel (in British Mandatory Palestine). He is considered one of the fathers of religious Zionism.


Herbert Samuel
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel was the first appointed High Commissioner for Palestine, in charge of the administration of the territory from 1920 to 1925.


The Uganda Scheme
The Uganda Scheme was a proposition formulated by Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement, at the Sixth World Zionist Congress in Basel in 1903.


David Wolffsohn
David Wolffsohn was a Lithuanian-Jewish businessman, an early Zionist, and the second president of the Zionist Organization.


Living in Jerusalem in the 1960s
Jerusalem in the 1960s was a totally different city from what we know today.
This video explains how Jerusalem was at that time through the eyes of a photographer called Yitshak Saad.


Zalman David Levontin
Born in Belarus to a Chabad Hasidic family, Zalman David Levontin was one of the pioneers of the first aliyah. He was one of the founders of Rishon Lezion and the Jewish Colonial Trust.


Menachem Ussishkin
Menachem Ussishkin was a Zionist leader born in Belarus. Starting in 1878, he developed a passion for reading contemporary Hebrew writers. This sparked his commitment to promoting the revival of the Hebrew language, which became a fundamental principle for him.


Ze'ev Jabotinsky
1880 - 1940. Ze'ev Jabotinsky was a Zionist leader, writer, orator, soldier, and journalist. He strongly advocated for the creation of a...


Theodor Herzl
Benjamin Zeev Theodor Herzl was the founder of Political Zionism and founder of the Zionist Organization.


Leon Pinsker
Leon Pinsker, born in Poland in 1839, was a prominent 19th-century Jewish leader, Zionist pioneer, physician, and writer.
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